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Lemon-rumped tanager

Ramphocelus icteronotus Bonaparte, 1838

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The lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 32.8 g to 33 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus)
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the lemon-rumped tanager

Weight
32.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the lemon-rumped tanager

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Lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus)
Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the lemon-rumped tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the lemon-rumped tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The flame-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) is a passerine bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Panama to Peru. Its two subspecies have at times been treated as full species.

From the Wikipedia article “Flame-rumped tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flame-rumped_tanager&oldid=1380713042), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the lemon-rumped tanager endangered?

The lemon-rumped tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the lemon-rumped tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusRamphocelus
  7. SpeciesRamphocelus icteronotus Bonaparte, 1838

Synonyms Ramphocelus flammigerus icteronotus

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Yellow-rumped tanagerEnglish
  • tàngara de carpó citríCatalan
  • Gulrygget FløjlstangarDanish
  • GelbrückentangareGerman
  • citronpuga tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara culigualdaSpanish
  • Tangara à dos citronFrench
  • limunastoleđa tangaraCroatian
  • geltonoji raštuotoji tanagraLithuanian
  • IldgumptanagarNorwegian Bokmål
  • GeelrugtangareDutch
  • sitrongumptanagarNorwegian
  • tapiranga żółto-czarnaPolish
  • pipira-de-sobre-amareloPortuguese
  • tangará-d'uropígio-limãoPortuguese
  • Желтоспинный сереброклювRussian
  • Желтопоясничная расписная танаграRussian
  • sangara dvojfarebnáSlovak
  • citrongumpad tangaraSwedish
  • тапіранга жовтогузаUkrainian
  • 檸黃腰腫嘴雀Chinese
  • 橙腰厚嘴唐纳雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the lemon-rumped tanager

Other species in the same genus Ramphocelus.

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Common questions

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How big is the lemon-rumped tanager?

An adult lemon-rumped tanager weighs 32.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the lemon-rumped tanager endangered?

The lemon-rumped tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the lemon-rumped tanager?

The lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lemon-rumped-tanager

MLA

“Lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lemon-rumped-tanager.

BibTeX
@misc{lemon_rumped_tanager_2026,
  title = {Lemon-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lemon-rumped-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}